Fictional Characters in Fanfiction vs Canon · 12:45am Apr 1st, 2023
I've recently been struggling with separating fans' portrayals of certain MLP characters from what's been depicted in canon. In other words, I'm not able to separate how an author writes a character from what's been seen in the show, to where it negatively influences my personal opinions of them.
One major example is my opinions of Twilight Sparkle or Princess Celestia. When I read fics portraying them as absolutely horrible ponies, it's hard for me to separate that from how they're actually depicted in the FiM show.
I don't know if anyone else deals with the same thing as me, but I'm curious if anyone has any useful/healthy ways of how to prevent fan works from shaping/changing my personal viewpoints and opinions of characters.